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YACK LAB

Publications

Rosi-Denadai CA, Scallion ML, Merrett CG, Yack JE (2018) Vocalization in caterpillars: a novel sound-producing mechanism for insects

Journal of Experimental Biology Vol 21 (4) DOI: 10.1242/jeb.169466

Sun P, Mhatre N, Mason AC, Yack JE (2018) In that vein: inflated wing veins contribute to butterfly hearing

Biology Letters 14:20180496

Dookie AL, Young CA, Lamothe G, Schoenle LA, Yack JE (2017) Why do caterpillars whistle at birds? Insect defence sounds startle avian predators.

Behavioural Processes. 138: 58-66

Yadav C, Timbers TA, Guedes RN, Matheson S, Yack JE (2017) Invitation by vibration: Vibration-mediated recruitment to social groups in caterpillars.

Behavioral Ecology & Sociobiology. 71:51

Dobai A, Sivalinghem S, Guedes RN, Yack JE (2017) Acoustic communication in the pine engraver bark beetle: Do signals vary between behavioural contexts?

Physiological Entomology DOI: 10.1111/phen.12222

Bura VL, Kawahara AY, Yack JE (2016) A comparative analysis of sonic defences in Bombycoidea caterpillars.

Scientific Reports 6:31469 doi:10.1038/srep31469

Guedes RN, Yack JE (2016) Shaking youngsters and shaken adults: Female beetles eavesdrop on larval seed vibrations to make egg-laying decisions.

PLoS ONE 11(2): e0150034. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0150034

Yack JE (2016) Vibratory Communication.

In: Pollack G, Mason A (eds.) Insect Hearing: Springer Handbook of Auditory Research. Series Editors: Fay RR, Popper AN Springer Verlag, pp. 99-123

Lindeman AA, Yack JE (2015) What’s the password? Female bark beetles (Scolytinae) grant males access to their galleries based on courtship song.

Behavioural Processes 115:123-131

Yack JE, Gill S, Drummond-Main D, Sherratt TN (2014) Residency duration and shelter quality influence vibratory signalling displays in a territorial caterpillar

Ethology. 120:354-364

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